Collection: Annaliese Allen – Dwelling Place

Annaliese Allen recently discovered a fascination regarding the history and traditions that surround tea. The ritual of making tea, the warmth it brings, and the community it cultivates has held a significant space in her life. In many of Annalise’s relationships, raw stories have been shared with a cup of tea in hand. Reflecting the slow process of tea practices, she has implemented a similar meditative approach when assembling recycled materials to tell the most vulnerable aspects of her story. When deconstructed, used tea bags are incredibly delicate, possessing an organic, skin-like quality that references the human body. While every stitch forms a patchwork of all that Annaliese is, revealing her fragility, flaws, and failings, it is the promise of redemption that brings hope and healing to both her work and her life.